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- Police crime intelligence on high alert over alleged plan to reclaim 'land stolen' from Lesotho — MasemolaThe police crime intelligence division is investigating allegations of Basotho nationals undergoing military-style training on South African farms to reclaim land "stolen" from the mountain kingdom. Read more »
- Kenny Kunene resigns as Joburg councillor and transport MMCSuspended Patriotic Alliance deputy and City of Johannesburg MMC for transport Kenny Kunene has resigned as a councillor with immediate effect. Read more »
- Verstappen starts new Red Bull era with Spa sprint victoryFormula One champion Max Verstappen won a "cat and mouse" Belgian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday in Red Bull's first race under the leadership of Laurent Mekies after Christian Horner's dismissal. Read more »
- How algorithms are transforming the way we communicateAs social media platforms increasingly rely on algorithms to moderate content, online communities are changing how they speak to evade their censors. Read more »
- Police arrest suspects in stock theft syndicateQumbu is once again in the spotlight as a stock theft hotspot after the arrest of three suspects. The suspects, aged between 19 and 25, were nabbed after Qumbu visible police reacted to reports of gunfire in the town’s central business district on Thursday night. Police spokesperson Capt Welile Matyolo… Read more »
- Lions looking to set a marker for Currie Cup season when they take on the SharksIn their Currie Cup opener at Ellis Park on Saturday, the Lions have the opportunity to exact revenge and set a marker against the team they lost to so dramatically in last year's final but flyhalf Lubabalo Dobela warned they cannot afford to be overzealous. Read more »
- Triple murder, attempted murder allegedly committed by men posing as cops in Philippi EastSerious and violent crime unit detectives are investigating a triple murder and attempted murder allegedly committed by suspects posing as policemen in the early hours of Saturday in Philippi East. Read more »
- Police scour Middelpos settlement after new information in Joshlin Smith caseWestern Cape police searched an area in the Middelpos informal settlement in Saldanha Bay on Friday afternoon chasing leads as part of the investigation into the disappearance of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith. Read more »
- 'We'll dust ourselves off and move on,' says Banyana coach Ellis after Wafcon bronze medal match defeat to GhanaBanyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has graciously accepted her team's fate after they finished fourth at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) after a penalty shoot-out defeat to Ghana at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Friday night. Read more »
- Mabandla makes return to small screenEastern Cape-born Afro-soul artist Bongeziwe Mabandla has returned to acting, taking on the role of King Hintsa in the acclaimed television series Shaka iLembe, which airs on Mzansi Magic. The series, now in its second season, traces the rise of Zulu King Shaka and his path to the throne. Mabandla… Read more »
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